After the American rock renaissance of the past few years, with bands from New York to Detroit to Omaha breaking into the spotlight, our British cousins have finally struck back.
They say,
Jay Farrar is on a roll. He just announced last month that he would be reforming his popular band Son Volt, with a fresh set of faces. Building on the good news, Farrar and musical cohort Mark Spencer played an intimate show at the hallowed grounds of St. Louis’ Mississippi Nights.
Particle treated Portland to non-stop head-bobbing Dance Music for much of the night and converted many in attendance into full-fledged Particle People. With Phish on the shelf forever, Particle promises to carry the jamband scene, with the help of their contemporaries, well into the twenty first century.
The shuffle, the hustle, the bump, the mashed potato, however you dance
The three bands most frequently mentioned as the replacement of Phish as the leader of the jamband scene are arguably Widespread Panic, String Cheese Incident, and moe. But with WSP on their one year
The fact that George Clinton is still touring at sixty-four is reason alone for celebration. But the fact that he and his fellow funkateerz dropped their P-Funk circus on us for over four hours a few nights ago at the Crystal Ballroom was truly reason to dance like you
Umphrey
At Montreal
